Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, April 8, 2009 · Air Canada Centre
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 33–29.
Goals came from Jeff Finger, Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek and Paul Gaustad.
Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Finger (6)Jason Blake (38), Christian Hanson (1)0–116:22 TOR
2nd period
Jason Pominville (18)Jaroslav Spacek (33), Drew Stafford (25)1–101:50 BUF ·
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (38)Jason Pominville (45)2–108:09 BUF
Paul Gaustad (12)Adam Mair (10), Jaroslav Spacek (34)3–108:35 BUF
Team stats
BUFTOR
2933
59%41%
1/20/6
124
2821
2112
1713
913
Penalties
- 5:53 into the first period
Matt Ellis · high sticking2 min
- 10:08 into the first period
Matt Stajan · roughing2 min
- 10:40 into the first period
Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
- 18:01 into the first period
Andrej Sekera · hooking2 min
- 1:41 into the second period
Pavel Kubina · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:36 into the second period
Craig Rivet · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 15:20 into the second period
Jason Pominville · slashing2 min
- 18:08 into the second period
Toni Lydman · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 17:29 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:02 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 17Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 02:43 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:05 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:12 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:32 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 20Christian HansonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:02 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 4Jeff FingerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:10 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 09:39 |
| 22Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 39John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:23 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:30 |
| 43Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 77Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |